With February half over and march knocking in the door the fishing is starting to heat up. The walleye bite has been good during peak hours of 7 am to 9am as well as 5pm to sunset. Walleyes have been on shallow flats and points anywhere from 5 to 8 foot if water making for some fun fast aggressive fish. Some if these fish come in so fast you see a flicker on the marcum and they are hooked up. VMC rattle spoons with a minnow head on the business end.
Perch continue to be caught in a few lakes as well as sloughs . Limits are hard earned with the cold weather we have been experiencing. I gave been trying to set up on shallower water earlier in the day and progressively move deeper as the day goes on. Perch have been in loose schools and traveling in twos and threes right now . Not seeing the big packs that hopefully match will bring yet but will still enough to keep everyone happy. Perch are being taken on VMC rattle spoons and tinglers in red and uv perch. More finicky fish are biting on pug bugs with a few spikes.
Hopefully everyone can find some time to make it out and get on some fish. I will be fishing must available days and with some warming temps fishing should get better and more consistent. Look for the perch bite to get hot and heavy as match approaches. If your planning on coming out for the GTG look got updates on where we will be fishing and I’ll make sure to drop my cell number in the reply as well. Good luck if your headed out, -QB